James Pritchard

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Pritchard
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 21, 1979(1979-07-21)
Age	45
Country	Canada
Birth City	Parkes
Horoscope	Cancer

James Pritchard Biography

James Pritchard is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on July 21, 1979 in Parkes, Canada. James Gordon Pritchard, an Australian-Canadian professional rugby footballer and rugby league footballer was born 21 July 1979. He currently plays for Ampthill in National League 1 after short stints with Old Albanian (where he was player coach) and Coventry. Pritchard is most well-known for his time with Bedford Blues. He played 12 seasons in two spells and is now the club’s highest point scorer with 2,883 points across all competitions. Pritchard also has 99 tries. Pritchard is also the RFU Championship’s all-time top scorer, scoring 2,673 points in 251 league and playoff games while playing for Bedford Blues (a figure which includes 94 try), as a fullback or wing. Pritchard played international rugby for Canada with whom he was a part of four Rugby World Cups. He is also the country’s all-time leading points scorer with 607 point.

Pritchard, after a few years spent in the wilderness of rugby, was recalled to Canada in 2006. He set a new Canadian scoring record with 29 points against Barbados in a World Cup Qualifying match. Pritchard then set a new Canadian scoring record of 29 points against the United States during Canada’s Rugby World Cup – Americas qualifying game in Newfoundland, August 2006. He scored 36 points with three tries and three penalties, as well as six conversions. Canadian Rugby News also named Pritchard Player of the Year that year.

James Pritchard has played more international matches as a Bedford player then anyone save ‘Budge’ Rodgers. By the end of the 2010–11 Championship season in England he had played 33 times for Canada – 28 of them as a Bedford player – and had scored 332 international points. And he was in such form as captain of the Blues, having just set another record, that more caps looked certain to follow. Add to that 181 appearances and the second highest career total of points in 125 years – including 65 tries – and its clear he belongs among Bedfords all-time greats. Australian born, with a Canadian grandfather and a grandmother from Northamptonshire, he was signed by Colin Jackson from the Randwick club with a reputation as a points machine – and he didn’t disappoint, finishing as top point scorer in all eight seasons he played up to, and including 2011–12. In his second season, 2002–03, he broke the club record with 386, in league and cup, in just 27 games, securing the Player of the Season award on the way. His 374 in the league that season was still a record in 2011 when he regained the overall club record with 403. His early success convinced him to try to make the Canada squad for the 2003 World Cup and so he left Bedford to join the Prairie Fire in the Canadian Super League. He made his international debut in a non-cap match against the New Zealand Maori in Calgary in July 2003 and then played in 3 capped matches in a Pan- American tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August before making the World Cup squad and playing against Wales and Tonga in Australia.

In 2011 Pritchard was once again selected for the Canadian Squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Making this his 3rd Rugby World Cup for the Canadians. He played fullback in Canada’s first 3 games against Tonga, France and Japan, before being ruled out for selection against the All Blacks due to concussion he picked up in the previous game against Japan.

In August 2004, he joined Plymouth Albion and scored 319 points in their 29 consecutive appearances. He was injured in the 16th minute of his last match against Albion in the 2005 Powergen Challenge Shield Final in Twickenham.

James Pritchard Net Worth

James Pritchard is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Pritchard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pritchard was born at 13 years old in Parkes in New South Wales, Australia. He started playing rugby league football when he was 13. After leaving school, Pritchard played in NRL’s Parramatta Eels under-19 division. He then switched to rugby union and joined the Randwick District Rugby Union Club. In 1999, Pritchard won the Citibank/MasterCard cup with them. He was runner-up in Sydney Morning Herald Rookie Of The Year Awards and the Ron Don Trophy as Most Improved during his first year as First Grade. With 183 points from ten games, he was also the top scorer in this competition.

Pritchard was born in Ruthilda (Saskatchewan) to a grandfather. He came to Canada in 2003 to play for the Rugby Canada Super League side Prairie Fire and to try to get a place at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Pritchard made his international debut in a match against New Zealand Maori in Calgary, July

2003. He then participated in three capped matches in a pan American tournament, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August 2003, before being selected for the World Cup squad to the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Pritchard was also selected for the Canadian squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was Canada’s main kicker for the tournament, in which he played in all four of Canada’s pool games against Wales, Fiji, Japan and Australia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. James Pritchard celebrates birthday on July 21 of every year.